Hatred in A Seperate Peace

Hatred in A Seperate Peace
A man named Norman Vincent Peale once said that, "No one can avoid entirely an inner struggle between love and hate. We are all challenged by it. The question in everyone's life is not whether this feeling of hate and aggression can be done away with, but whether it can be successfully modified." This quote is reflected in John Knowles' novel, A Separate Peace. The hatred in this book is focused inside Gene, the main character. Gene developed hatred and jealousy towards his friend and classmate Finny which is illustrated in the following line: "Finny could g…